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Emily Morris 2.28
Bob Bonnar, FLC Athletics
FLC junior Emily Morris pitched four shutout innings during Sunday's series finale against CCU.
9
Winner Colordo Christian CCSB 3-4
1
Fort Lewis College FLCSB 1-6
Winner
Colordo Christian CCSB
3-4
9
Final
1
Fort Lewis College FLCSB
1-6
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Colordo Christian CCSB 4 0 0 3 2 9 14 1
Fort Lewis College FLCSB 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1

W: Jennifer Romero (2-2) L: Leavell, Brianna (1-3)

11
Winner Colordo Christian CCSB 1-7
4
Fort Lewis College FLCSB 4-4
Winner
Colordo Christian CCSB
1-7
11
Final
4
Fort Lewis College FLCSB
4-4
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Colordo Christian CCSB 0 0 0 0 3 4 4 11 17 3
Fort Lewis College FLCSB 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 4 9 6

W: Samaria Roope (1-0) L: Morris, Emily (0-1)

Game Recap: Softball | | David Wilson, Assistant AD-Communications

Skyhawks show promise, searching for consistency following Sunday's doubleheader loss to CCU

DURANGO, Colorado — Pitching, defense and hitting. The Fort Lewis College softball team showed flashes of brilliance in all three areas Sunday afternoon in its series finale double-header against Colorado Christian University.

Unfortunately for the Skyhawks, it was consistency in all three aspects of the game that was a little spotty as they fell by 9-1 and 11-4 finals to the high-powered Cougars.

"Our girls did a lot of good things and had moments where we played great, turning double-plays, getting good pitching and coming up with big hits. We just need to produce the runs we're supposed to," said FLC head softball coach Ashley Reeves. "We had moments of greatness. We just have to figure out how to put it all together. We played against a great team this weekend."

Game Two

Colorado Christian (4-4 overall, 3-1 RMAC) ended up with the 3-1 series win, scoring all 11 of its runs in Game Two in the fifth inning or later to storm back and seal the 11-4 final from the Skyhawks (1-7 overall, 1-3 RMAC).

Junior pitcher Emily Morris held the Cougars at bay as she struck out four through the game's four innings, allowing FLC to enjoy a 1-0 lead in the middle innings courtesy of the second home run of the series from junior outfielder Kylie Hefley leading off the third.

"We're really happy with the way Emily came out. She hit her spots and did a great job for us," Reeves said. "I think in the fifth inning she just started to miss her spots a bit. But she did everything she needed to keep us in the game."

CCU broke through in the top of the fifth for three runs, starting a wild back-and-forth between the two teams over the next three half-innings.

Fort Lewis recaptured a 4-3 lead in the home-half of the fifth on a towering three-run home run off the bat of freshman Brianna Leavell, Saturday's Game Two hero when she hit a walk-off, two-run shot to give FLC a 3-2 victory.

Leavell finished 3-for-4 in Game Four, tying junior catcher McKenna Hefley (3-for-4, 2 2B) with a team-high three hits, and upped her team-leading batting average to .435 in the early going.

Unfortunately, Colorado Christian came right back the next half inning with four runs to take a 7-4 lead, then broke the game open with four more runs in the seventh — all unearned aided by two FLC errors in the inning — to take the victory.

"That's when you have to slam the door. But we're working on it," Reeves said. "That's what good teams do. We're a good team and we answered CCU's three runs in the fifth with three of our own (Leavell home run). Then they came back and responded to ours. At this level, it's a hitter's game. It's going to come down to who can out-score and out-hit the other team."

Fort Lewis finished Game Four with nine hits, adding singles from senior Shelby Hotchkiss and junior Taylor Beaman, while CCU posted 17 hits in the series finale.

Game One

As for Sunday's opener, a big first inning for the Cougars opened the door for a 9-1 victory coming on 14 hits for CCU.

Colorado Christian tallied four runs in the opening frame and never looked back and its starting pitcher Jennifer Romero was able to limit FLC to one run — a RBI groundout from McKenna Hefley — on four hits in five innings.

Senior second baseman Pilar Gutierrez led the FLC offense with two hits (2-for-3), while Leavell and Kylie Hefley each added singles to pace the Skyhawks.

Fort Lewis will now turn its attention toward a four-game road set against Adams State University (0-6 overall, 0-4 RMAC), scheduled for next Saturday (12 & 2 p.m.) and Sunday (11 a.m. & 1 p.m.).

"We've had some of the big moments you need to win games, but it is the little things that are costing us right now. Once we're able to do those little things — fielding the ball cleanly, produce our runs, execute with runners on — then we're going to win games," Reeves said. "We're getting there. Every series for us right now is big and we want to win every series. Our goal going into next weekend will be to win the series. That starts with coming out ready to take Game One."
 
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